Akkon Shipping, a Turkish intra-Mediterranean box carrier, has launched a China-Turkey service, using a ship chartered from Alibaba’s shipping affiliate, Transfar Shipping.
Established in September 2018, as a joint-venture of former Contships executive Salim Isil and Akarlar Shipping, Akkon launched using feeder ships of barely 1,000 teu.
But now, Akkon is starting a service connecting the Chinese ports of Ningbo and Taicang with Mersin, Nemrut Bay, Gebze and Ambarli, in Turkey, and …
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